Abel Police

Solo Founders · Apr 2026

Founder interview on Daniel Francis’s background, the origin story for Abel, and his solo-founder operating style and company culture.

Live 5 News · Nov 2025

Coverage of Abel AI usage in Isle of Palms, including the pilot structure, the company’s claim that 25 police departments use the system, and planned administrative template-editing features.

WCBD News 2 · Oct 2025

Local coverage of an Isle of Palms pilot showing Abel Writer used to draft incident reports from body camera footage and discussing rollout, accuracy review, and operational time savings.

TechCrunch · Oct 2024

Launch and funding story: Abel’s founder Daniel Francis explains the police-paperwork problem, the Richmond customer use, and the $5 million seed round led by Day One Ventures with participation from Long Journey Ventures and Y Combinator.

Forbes · Oct 2024

Launch coverage describing Abel’s mission to automate report writing, its seed funding, and the company’s advisory/operating bench drawn from Axon, DHS, Palo Alto Networks, OpenAI, and police leadership.